Jazz and Rock giants

Mostly shot with Nikon, tri-X, shoot at 1600 and push development. All stage lighting only and printed for newspaper publishing. In many of the shoots I was doubling up as photographer and reviewer. Other times just on the spot for music magic with my camera.

ithaca folk festival 1974

Leo Kottke looks like he's not old enough to a drink at a bar. Mystery picker, Mimi Farina and Eric Anderson, Sonny Terry, AKA Saunders Teddell , the eternal John Prine, mystery fiddler (help me here) ,Leon Redbone, Brownie Mcghee, Lloudon Wainwright III and the late and beloved Steve Goodman ( wrote City of New Orleans).

Eclipse 2017

While staring at the eclipse with our eclipse glasses we almost missed the beauty all around us. tiny spaces between the leaves were acting as pinhole cameras, dappling the ground with images of the crescent sun.

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cloud float.jpg
crosstown eclipse.jpg
eclipse debris.jpg
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eclipse stacked.jpg
falling.jpg
moon gravel 2.jpg
moon gravel.jpg
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waterfall.jpg
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portland spring 2017

Portland explodes in the spring. After months of rain the colors burst forth. The grass is green beyond belief and the colors of the flowers leap out and grab you. The air is vibrating with color, hope, possibility.

upright living

upright living

supreme rushing

supreme rushing

following

following

purple haze

purple haze

sunburst

sunburst

orange sunshine

orange sunshine

floating white

floating white

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valiant stream

valiant stream

receiving light

receiving light

bright and clear

bright and clear